When I was pregnant with our rainbow baby, it was hard for me to purchase anything for him. I wanted to, but the death and stillbirth of our daughter loomed large in my mind and I was afraid to bring more baby items into our home that might go unused. But as his due date…

Guest Post by Janet “How are you?” Oh, how I hated that question after the death of my daughter, Rachel. How am I? Seriously? “Good,” sounded flip and made me feel like I was dishonoring her life. I wasn’t “good” after I buried her. After the memorial service was done and the casseroles were gone.…

Guest Post by Heather Mine may not be a gracious or popular viewpoint, but after all the songs of Christmas left me feeling like “peace to the world” or “heavenly peace” was being forced down my throat amidst feeling the least serenity of my life, I settled down after the turn of the year on…

“Promise me you’ll stay with him, no matter what.” I said those words to my husband as we wrote our birth plan for our son Samuel’s arrival. “I promise”, was his reply. Just a few weeks earlier, after an anomaly was discovered during a routine ultrasound, we learned that our precious little baby was not…

When I was first asked to be a contributor to this magazine, I was thrilled. I felt like I had so much to share about my journey through grief. I imagined the eloquent, relatable, uplifting posts I’d write and how people who were struggling would read them and think “This woman can relate to my…

It was 1am. I couldn’t sleep. No surprises there. I lit a sweet pea and jasmine candle that my dear friend gave to me on Christian’s birthday. She told me that her friend had given her one and told her that when she was feeling sad to light the candle, inhale its scent and imagine…

Guest Post by Lea There have been many things in my life that I have been fearful of. When I was young and in grade school, I was extremely self-conscious. I would physically get sick if I was requested to answer a question in front of the entire class. I would convince myself that I…